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10:15 PM ET, May 15, 2020

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PBS NewsHour:
What 74 former Biden staffers think about Tara Reade's allegations  —  Over his decades-long career in the Senate, former Vice President Joe Biden was known as a demanding but fair and family-oriented boss, devoted to his home life in Delaware and committed to gender equality in his office.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Manipulative, deceitful, user’: Tara Reade left a trail of aggrieved acquaintances  —  Harriet Wrye did a double take the first time she saw Tara Reade on television lodging sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden.  —  “Jim, that's Tara,” the 79-year-old author and psychologist called …
Discussion: Law & Crime, Spectator USA and Townhall
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
New Reporting Increases Doubts on Tara Reade's Allegation Against Joe Biden  —  When Tara Reade first made her assault allegation against Joe Biden, I thought the charge was more likely to be true than false.  To be clear, I had no intention of changing my vote.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Quillette
Katie Glueck / New York Times:   How the Biden Campaign Aims to Win Battleground States
CNN:
‘He lied on national television’: Trump says truckers protesting industry problems are actually honking to support him  —  This is what brings out Trump's inner child  —  Washington (CNN)When blaring truck horns intruded on President Donald Trump's Friday speech in the White House Rose Garden …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
How Not to Listen to Donald Trump  —  It turns out President Donald Trump's status as the most accessible person to ever hold the office is more a curse than a blessing.  Day after day, he fills the air with the ack-ack of disinformation and misdirection, needlessly alarming the public …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Biden pledges not to pardon Trump
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department, State Attorneys General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google  —  Officials at Justice Department are focused on Google's ad business, how it has used its search dominance  —  WASHINGTON—Both the Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general …
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CNN:
Behind the Justice Department's split over the Flynn dismissal
Discussion: National Review
Wall Street Journal:
Google Hides News, Tricked by Fake Claims
New York Times:
A Sitting President, Riling the Nation During a Crisis  —  By smearing his opponents, championing conspiracy theories and pursuing vendettas, President Tru​mp has reverted to his darkest political tactics in spite of a pandemic hurting millions of Americans.
Discussion: Raw Story
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
Former National Security Officials: The “Unmasking” List Could Be Bad News for Mike Flynn  —  “This is a long list of names of people across disparate areas of government who independently felt” incidents involving Flynn were problematic, said one former official.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn isn't a martyr. He's a crook and a crackpot.
Discussion: PREVAIL and New York Times
Carissa Byrne Hessick / Slate:
What the Judge Overseeing Michael Flynn's Case Can Do Now
Discussion: Redstate and Law & Crime
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
McEnany, pressed on Trump's accusations of Obama administration crimes, points to Flynn leaks
Victoria F. Piccoli / ODNI Newsroom:
Acting DNI Grenell Announces Organizational Changes to National Counterterrorism Center  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell today announced several organizational changes to the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), which is part of the Office …
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Victoria F. Piccoli / ODNI Newsroom:
Director of National Intelligence Announces Changes to Election Security Briefings
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Intelligence Chief Reduces Size of Counterterrorism Office
Discussion: Axios
Stephanie M. Lee / BuzzFeed News:
JetBlue's Founder Helped Fund A Stanford Study That Said The Coronavirus Wasn't That Deadly  —  A highly influential coronavirus antibody study was funded in part by David Neeleman, the JetBlue Airways founder and a vocal proponent of the idea that the pandemic isn't deadly enough to justify continued lockdowns.
Politico:
As crisis continues, an anxious House returns to Washington  —  Hundreds of House members descended on the Capitol on Friday, expressing anger, frustration and bewilderment — not only about being in Washington during the middle of a global pandemic, but over the process that shaped …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
House passes $3T coronavirus relief — the most expensive bill in history
Discussion: The Hill and NB Blog
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House changes its rules during pandemic, allowing remote voting for the first time in its 231-year history
Discussion: Roll Call and New York Times
Washington Post:
Growing friction between White House, CDC hobbles pandemic response  —  The meager guidelines for safely reopening the country released this week are the latest sign of the Trump administration's efforts to sideline the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the increasing tension between …
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Politico:
State Department watchdog ousted  —  Inspector general Steve Linick is to be replaced by Amb. Stephen Akard.  —  State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.  Win McNamee/Getty Images  —  State Department Inspector General Steve Linick has been fired, according to a senior administration official and a congressional aide.
Mike Baker / New York Times:
F.D.A. Halts Coronavirus Testing Program Backed by Bill Gates  —  The program allows people in the Seattle area to easily take a coronavirus test at home.  Researchers say such testing is essential for future monitoring of the virus.  —  SEATTLE — An innovative coronavirus testing program …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg plots spending blitz to support Joe Biden's run for president  — Billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is plotting a massive spending blitz to back Joe Biden's quest for the White House.  — The former New York mayor and his advisors are discussing whether …
Washington Post:
Trump sets goal of hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses by January, but scientists doubt it  —  Some warn it's dangerous to set a timetable, given the scientific unknowns and the danger of rushing testing.  —  President Trump formally unveiled an initiative Friday afternoon aimed …
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Fox News:
Space Force flag unveiled in Oval Office, presented to Trump  —  President Trump on Friday was presented with the newly unveiled official flag of the U.S. Space Force (USSF) — the first official flag of a new U.S. military service in 72 years.  —  “This is a very special moment,” …
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Unveils Space Force Flag and ‘Super-Duper Missile’ Plan
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Dan Abrams: Based on All We Know Right Now, ‘This Obamagate Theory Is 100 Percent Bullsh*t’  —  Mediaite founder and ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams went on a tear during his SiriusXM show Friday calling the idea of the “Obamagate' scandal “100 percent bullshit.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump, Biden and the Myth of ‘But 2016’  —  There are members of both parties who believe the president has the ability to defy the normal rules of politics.  That view ignores electoral trends of recent years.  —  WASHINGTON — At first glance, there seems little in common between red-hat-wearing admirers …
Discussion: Fox News
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Burr asks that final volume of Senate Intel report on Trump and Russia be declassified  —  The last part of the Senate Intel Committee's bipartisan report on Russian election interference is a 1,000-page volume on “counterintelligence findings.”  —  WASHINGTON — In a final act before stepping …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:   Senate Panel Submits Final Russia Report as Burr Steps Down
Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP congressman on why he's not wearing a mask: 'There's just no need'  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida was spotted Friday walking around the Capitol and on the House floor without wearing a mask.  —  Asked why not, he told CNN: “There's just no need.”
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Newly reopened South Florida seen as an emerging coronavirus hotspot  —  WASHINGTON — Federal officials responding to the coronavirus pandemic are concerned about the rapidly rising number of cases in Palm Beach County, Fla., according to an internal Trump administration document reviewed by Yahoo News.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Law Firm Hackers Claim to Have Dirt on Donald Trump, Up Data Ransom to $42M  —  UPDATED: The cyber-extortionists who stole a trove of private data from entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks now have a new target in their sights: President Donald Trump.
Caitlin O'Kane / CBS News:
Wisconsin bars packed with patrons almost immediately after court strikes down stay-at-home order  —  Almost immediately after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Governor Tony Evers' stay-at-home order on Wednesday, bars in the state opened their doors — and patrons did not hold back.
Discussion: Politico, Vanity Fair and The Guardian
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
The New CBS Reporter Driving Democrats—and Some of Her Own Colleagues—Crazy  —  THE POST-FOX LIFE  —  Since jumping from Fox News to CBS last year, the veteran journalist has frustrated Democrats and some of her own co-workers, who worry she pushes “GOP talking points.”
Discussion: Mediaite, Twitchy and Washington Post
 
 
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Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux / FiveThirtyEight:
Many Americans Are Getting More Money From Unemployment Than They Were From Their Jobs
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Andrew Ferguson / The Atlantic:
Biden's Virtual Campaign Is a Disaster
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Pam Fessler / NPR:
'It's Partly On Me': GOP Official Says Fraud Warnings Hamper Vote-By-Mail Push
Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story
New York Times:
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